Drunken brawls claim 3 lives in district in a day

TNN | Nov 6, 2018, 11.05 AM IST

COIMBATORE: Three people have been killed in as many cases of drunken brawl in the district in a day.

In the first incident, a 35-year-old native of Odisha was found murdered on his company premises at 4am on Monday. The deceased was identified as M Sachin Parishan Naik, who had been working with Prime Tech trading company at Chinnavedampatti for the past one year. Sachin, along with other workers, was staying in an accommodation facility provided by the company inside its premises.

According to a police officer, the incident took place when Sachin and his friends were consuming liquor in their room on Sunday night. “A quarrel broke out among them and his friends assaulted him using a stone. Sachin sustained severe head injuries and died on the spot. His friends managed to escape from the spot,” he said. When alerted, the Saravanampatti police registered a case and picked up a few friends of the deceased for questioning.

In the second incident, a 40-year-old man was found murdered near a theatre on Pollachi-Palakkd road on the early hours of Monday. The deceased was identified as C Anand, of Vadugapalayam near Pollachi. A native of Karaikudi, he is survived by his wife Porkodi, 38, who is a private school teacher, two daughters and a son.

Police said Anand, a daily wage labourer, had consumed alcohol from a Tasmac outlet on Sunday night. “A five-member gang approached him for Rs 20 to buy alcohol. When he refused, the five argued with him and assaulted him. Anand suffered severe head injuries and died on the spot.”

When alerted, Pollachi (West) police arrested T Sathishkumar, 35, a wall painter from Netaji Nagar; K Sivamurthy, 38, a driver from Pollachi; C Vincent, 26, a wall painter from Kumaran Nagar; S Karthi alias Kalidhass, 25, a wall painter from Kumaran Nagar; and M Karthikeyan, 19 of Netaji Road. All the five were produced before a local court, which remanded them in judicial custody. They were later lodged at the Coimbatore Central Prison.

In the third incident, B Praveen, 25, of Udayampalayam near Chinnavedampatti, was murdered allegedly by his friends following a drunken brawl. According to police, Praveen was employed with a welding workshop.

Police said the incident took place at 7.45am on Monday when he was travelling on a motorcycle. “Two people waylaid him and stabbed him. They also assaulted him using an iron rod,” a police officer said.

During inquiry, the Saravanampatti police came to know that Praveen had consumed liquor along with his friends on Sunday night and fought with them. Police suspect his friends’ involvement in the murder. The Saravanampatti police have registered a case and further investigations are on.